Hello readers, stalkers, and others interested in my website!

I started this website in 2020, after the pandemic locked us inside, forcing all of us to consume more media—aka having way too much time on our hands. One of my favorite pastimes, watching movies, became my answer to this unprecedented break. So I turned to my father, taking recommendations from the man, who, unbeknownst to me would soon fundamentally shape my artistic taste and inspire dialogue that led me here, to this website.

He would prescribe me a film, provide me with his patented dad lecture about what he thinks of the work, and then I’d promptly go to our basement—thirty or some minutes later—to watch it. Feeling as though my teenage opinion mattered, I’d also record a score for each film on my phone’s notes app. Once I moseyed up the stairs to see my Dad still relaxing on the couch, wine glass in his palm, I would give him my thoughts. We’d discuss the film, often divided by our generational gaps, but the conversation motivated me to create reviews to supplement the scores. This process duped me into taking my leisurely (and quite mindless) hobby of home moviegoing and combine it with a necessary skill, writing.

Five years later, I still try to write as much as I can get around to it. Whether it’s a film review, an exploratory essay, or some other blurred mode of expression, I am grateful for the creative space this website (and my dad’s twenty-year old dylanshobe url) has given me.